He's nearly 7 pounds!!

Hi all. Our little porker continues to gain weight like crazy. His little arms are getting so chubby, it's adorable! He's up to 6 pounds, 14.4 ounces! Cameron continued to make progress this week, he moved from the high pressure oxygen (which was it's own special machine) to just the regular old wall oxygen. They were also able to take him off of his last sedative type medicine (phenobarb or something). So the only meds he's on now are an antibiotic, and some vitamins.

We're still not sure exactly when he's coming home yet. The ear/nose/throat specialist came to look at his cleft palate and although it's small, they think it's definitely impacting his ability to eat on his own without his feeding tube. Another specialist that will do the actual surgery to repair the cleft down the road is going to see him this week to determine when they should operate on it. It should be a pretty easy operation, but they usually like the babies to be a certain size when they do it so the recovery is quicker.

He also had his visit from Santa! This Santa was so amazing. He's a flight nurse and he's been playing Santa in the NICU for years. He starts growing out his beard in the summer so it will be long enough come December. I would post the photo, but we decided to use it for this year's Christmas card, so you'll just have to wait to get your card in the mail to see it!

Enjoy these pics and look for your card in the mail this week!

He loves to sit up and look around.

I just love all his expressions!

All cuddled up with Daddy.